Hey guys,
My connection seems to drop on heavy use, especially during FTP, Torrent, P2P and NNTP traffic.
This is part of the reason I have decided to migrate to Zen and will be entering the training period after activation on Wednesday (tomorrow). But I’m not entirely convinced it was just my ISP causing the problem (Eclipse internet) but perhaps my hardware too. Whilst I’m willing to wait until the end of the 10 day training period to find out if it still occurs on the new ISP (in which case it would probably be hardware) I’m wondering if there is any real possibility that different hardware may also give me a performance gain that may otherwise be missed if the training period proceeds on my current hardware? Might I be put on a lower speed profile? Or is this just unfounded?
The bit I’m worried about is the modem as I have been told they are known to cause this problem, albeit from Eclipse customer service (pah!) so I’m not entirely convinced; so you’re my second opinion.
Modem: D-Link DSL-300T version V1.00B02T02.UK.20040618
Router: Belkin Pre-N F5D8230-4
Are there known issues with that modem? I’ve had a Google and it seems there could be but does anyone have any good information on that? Could it be the router? I’ve been advised to get a Zyxel P-660R as a replacement modem, but does anyone have any different suggestions?
I was also thinking of getting a Linksys RVS4000 and turning the Belkin router into just a wireless gateway on one port so that I could use gigabit lan on file transfers for 2 ports as I do this between two PCs really quite often, then connect a 24port 10/100 switch I have left over from gaming lans for the other ports I need.
Any input on this would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
My connection seems to drop on heavy use, especially during FTP, Torrent, P2P and NNTP traffic.
This is part of the reason I have decided to migrate to Zen and will be entering the training period after activation on Wednesday (tomorrow). But I’m not entirely convinced it was just my ISP causing the problem (Eclipse internet) but perhaps my hardware too. Whilst I’m willing to wait until the end of the 10 day training period to find out if it still occurs on the new ISP (in which case it would probably be hardware) I’m wondering if there is any real possibility that different hardware may also give me a performance gain that may otherwise be missed if the training period proceeds on my current hardware? Might I be put on a lower speed profile? Or is this just unfounded?
The bit I’m worried about is the modem as I have been told they are known to cause this problem, albeit from Eclipse customer service (pah!) so I’m not entirely convinced; so you’re my second opinion.
Modem: D-Link DSL-300T version V1.00B02T02.UK.20040618
Router: Belkin Pre-N F5D8230-4
Are there known issues with that modem? I’ve had a Google and it seems there could be but does anyone have any good information on that? Could it be the router? I’ve been advised to get a Zyxel P-660R as a replacement modem, but does anyone have any different suggestions?
I was also thinking of getting a Linksys RVS4000 and turning the Belkin router into just a wireless gateway on one port so that I could use gigabit lan on file transfers for 2 ports as I do this between two PCs really quite often, then connect a 24port 10/100 switch I have left over from gaming lans for the other ports I need.
Any input on this would be greatly appreciated, thanks.